Untimely* deaths of serving & former Irish Air Corps personnel

Either the rate of death is accelerating or we are missing many deaths from previous decades or possibly both.

3 most significant causes of death

Approximately a third of deaths are from cancer

Approximately a third of deaths are from cardiac

Approximately a fifth of deaths are from suicide

*We record untimely as dying at or before age 66 (civilian pension age), average age of death is 50 years. We are counting deaths from medical reasons & suicide, we are not counting accidental deaths or murder.